Uwais Huda

Uwais Huda (12 November 1944-) was an imam from Saudi Arabia.

Biography
Uwais Huda was born on 12 November 1944 in al-Marameh, Saudi Arabia, to a family of Sunni Muslim Arabs. Huda studied works of Salafism and joined the Muslim Brotherhood, and he became known as a radical Islamist preacher. After the Grand Mosque seizure and the ensuing implementation of stricter sharia law in Saudi Arabia, Huda became a speaker at several mosques, preaching Salafism. He radicalized several young Saudis, and in 2009 he was arrested for supporting terrorism after years of being a vocal supporter of al-Qaeda. He was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.